eastern. no bigger democrats than the two who aren't running for president this year. bill clinton and hillary clinton. and yet both are coming to barack obama's defense at a critical time in the campaign. john heinemann national affairs editor at new york magazine wrote a piece about the clintons and david corn of "mother joans," the author of "47%." i'm starting to talk like the guy on "saturday night live." >> i love you! >> let's talk about the internal relationship that is driving this. is it self-interest, is it bill clinton's love of the game, patriotism? what mix, what alchemy unites these? >> it's all three. bill clinton believes he and barack obama are on the same page. he thinks romney would be a disaster for the country and obama is pursuing policies that are now, not what he advocated in 2008, but what he's pursued in 2009, '10 -- >> moderate, center left democrats. >> obama is no longer positioning himself as a antidote to clintonism. he says it's about working for the middle class, getting this stuff done. clinton loves that because it restores clintonis